Economy
ISM: U.S. factory growth speeds up in October, with production at its fastest since 2021
The Manufacturing PMI rose to 55.5 from 54.5. Inventories went back to growing, supplier deliveries kept slowing and prices stayed high at 75.2.
U.S. economy grew at a 3.4% rate in Q3, led by inventories and equipment spending
The Commerce Department's first estimate shows a pickup from 2.2% in Q2. Exports fell, led by petroleum, while imports of capital goods rose.
Durable goods orders rise 1.8% in September as transportation equipment leads
New orders reached $345.4 billion, the Census Bureau said October 27. Shipments rose 0.9% and inventories climbed for a twelfth straight month.
Diesel benchmark rises 9.7 cents to $6.276, ending three-week slide
The EIA's national on-highway diesel average went up in the week of Oct. 19, with the biggest increases on the West Coast and in California.
Diesel benchmark posts record 96.2-cent weekly jump to $4.859 as Hormuz traffic collapses
The DOE/EIA retail diesel average published March 10, 2026, rose by the largest amount in the series' 32-year history.
Diesel rises for fourth straight week to $3.868
The U.S. average on-highway diesel price climbed 24.9 cents over four weeks, the Energy Information Administration reported in November 2025.
ATA: Truck tonnage slips 0.4% in June
The American Trucking Associations said on July 22, 2025, that for-hire truck tonnage fell in June for a second month, leaving the second quarter essentially flat.
Diesel falls for 10th straight week to $3.526 a gallon
Federal data in September 2024 showed the national average diesel price had dropped nearly 34 cents since early July and stood more than $1 below a year earlier.
ATA tonnage posts first annual gain in 15 months
American Trucking Associations said in June 2024 that its seasonally adjusted tonnage index rose 3.6% in May, though its economist said a recovery was not yet clear.
US diesel climbs for ninth straight week to $4.633 a gallon
The national average diesel price rose 9.3 cents in mid-September 2023 and was up nearly 83 cents in nine weeks, federal data showed.
Colorado refinery outage squeezes Rocky Mountain fuel supply
Suncor's Commerce City refinery, the only active one in Colorado, stayed shut into early 2023 as regional gasoline and diesel inventories ran low, the EIA said.
US diesel supplies hit tightest level since 2008 heading into winter
EIA said in November 2022 that the U.S. had 25 days of distillate supply in October, the fewest since 2008, with the Northeast even tighter.
US diesel hits record $5.25 a gallon after Russia invades Ukraine
The U.S. average diesel price jumped 40.1 cents in one week to a record in mid-March 2022, the fastest three-week climb in federal data.
Diesel climbs to $3.671 a gallon, highest since 2014
EIA data showed the U.S. average diesel price rose 8.5 cents in the week to Oct. 18, 2021, up 26.5 cents in three weeks and $1.28 above a year earlier.
Colonial Pipeline cyberattack shuts key fuel artery to East Coast
A cyberattack forced Colonial Pipeline to halt its Gulf Coast-to-New Jersey system in May 2021, prompting emergency hours-of-service waivers for fuel haulers across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic.